1857 in Australia

← 1856 1855 1854 1857 in Australia → 1858 1859 1860
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See also:	Other events of 1857 Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during 1857 in Australia.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir William Denison
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Richard MacDonnell
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir Henry Young
• Governor of Victoria – Sir Henry Barkly
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – Sir Arthur Kennedy

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales – Henry Parker to 7 September then Charles Cowper
• Premier of South Australia – Boyle Travers Finniss, John Baker, Robert Torrens, Richard Hanson
• Premier of Tasmania – William Champ, Thomas Gregson, William Weston, Francis Smith
• Premier of Victoria – Dr William Haines, John O'Shanassy

Events

• 13 May – St Kilda railway station, Melbourne is opened.^[1]
• 4 July – Anti-Chinese riots occur in Victoria.
• 25 July – Matthew Blagden Hale is consecrated as the first Bishop of Perth in a ceremony at the Lambeth Palace Chapel.
• 20 August – The Dunbar is wrecked at the entrance to Sydney Harbour, killing 121 passengers.
• In Victoria, Australia, one adult male in 7 is Chinese.

Births

• 26 February – Alfred Waldron, Australian rules footballer (died 1929)
• 21 March – Alice Henry, suffragist and trade unionist (died 1943)
• 25 March – Francis Clarke, politician (died 1939)
• 3 May – Robert Hutchinson, WA politician (died 1918)
• 9 May – Sidney Kidman, pastoralist (died 1935)
• 31 May – William Story, politician (died 1924)
• 13 June – Hubert Newman Wigmore Church, poet (died 1932)
• 14 June – Adolphus Taylor, journalist and NSW politician (died 1900)
• 25 June – Louis Gabriel, photographer (died 1927)
• 1 August – John Harry, Test cricketer (died 1919)
• 7 September – John McIlwraith, Test cricketer (died 1938)
• 19 September – John Livingston, politician (died 1935)
• 14 October – Allan McDougall, Senator for New South Wales (died 1924)
• 12 November – Samuel Mauger, politician (died 1936)
• 2 December – Thomas Lavelle, politician (died 1944)
• 5 December – Cyril Cameron, Senator for Tasmania (died 1941)
• 21 December – Joseph Carruthers, Premier of New South Wales (died 1932)
• Arthur Green

Deaths

• 10 May – John Busby (born 1765), surveyor and civil engineer
• 10 August – Frank McCallum, bushranger ("Captain Melville")
• 29 August – Archibald Clunes Innes (born 1800), soldier and pastoralist

References